Hair curler



Sept. 8,. 1959 2,903,000

A. ANGELACCIO ET AL HAIR CURLER 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed July 12, 1957 AMERICO ANGELACCIO JOHN PERCELLA Sept. 8, 1959 A. ANGELACCIO ET AL 2,903,000

1 HAIR CURLER 'Filed July 12, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORS AMERICO ANeELAcoo JQHN PERCELLA JOSEPH ULLO BY 1. 6D

4 H "RAT/72%? Uniwd States Patent HAIR'CURDER Emerita Kngelac'cio, Narb'rth, "Pa, fibrin Percella, Medford Lakes, N.J'., and Joseph 'Ptrullo, Brooklme Park, Pa. Application July 12, 1955, Serial-No. 671,614

3 Claims. C1. mesa Our invention is an improved hair curler about which the hair is wound to form a permanent curl.

As u's well known in the art, it is difi'lcult if not impossible to obtain a uniformly soft, permanent hair wave unless the hair is wound about the curling unit in such manner as to permit the "waving solution to thoroughly penetrate'the hair and, if a @cold wave solution is used, to permit the hair to contract uniformly. Winding of 'the hair about the ordinary hair curler is likely to "be somewhat haphazard, even with an experieno'ed operator, resulting in some curls being too tight and others too loose. Ifthe hair is wound too tightly about-the curler the wave solution will not penetrate properly and the hair will rapidly lose its wave.

Our improved hair curler permits even an inexperienced operator to wind the hair aboutthe curling-unit in'reverse croquignole style so as to permit optimum penet'ration of the wave solution through the hair layers and, at the same time, to produce substantial uniformity of tension resulting in a uniformly soft, permanent hair wave.

It is an object of our invention to provide a hair curler which will rproducea uniformly soft, permanent wave in the hair with no fuzzy or tightlycurled ends.

A further object of our invention is to provide a device which "has -a winder-capable of'turning the hair about a p'o'stin aiiniform manner-in reverse croquig'nol'e style.

;A stillwfurtherobject of our invention is to provide a hair'curling'device having 'atension means on the winder so that' thetensionon the curled hair is substantially uniform regardless of'theamount of h'a'ir twisted on any given section of the hair curling post.

The'principles and characteristic features of our invention, and the manner of making, constructing and using our improved hair curler will further appear in the accompanying drawings and the following description explaining the best mode in which we have contemplated applying such principles.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is an enlarged, partially exploded, perspective View of our hair curling unit;

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of our hair curling unit;

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of our hair curling unit;

Fig. 4 is a top plan View of our hair curling unit taken on the line 44 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of our hair curling unit taken on the line 55 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the base member and post of our hair curling unit located on the scalp with a strand of hair drawn through the slotted base;

Fig. 7 is similar to Fig. 6 with the winder in place on the winding post and with an elastic cord securing the strand of hair within the slot of the base section;

Fig. 8 is a front elevational view of our hair curling unit with the strand of hair partly wound thereon;

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Fig. 9 is an enlarged, front elevational view of our hair curling unit with a strand of hair completely wound thereon;

-Fig. '10 is a cross-sectional view of our hair curling unit taken 'on the line 1010-of Fig. 9;

Fig. 11 is a plan view of the base of our-haircurling unit taken on the line 11-11 of Fig. 9;

Fig. '12 is an elevational, cross-sectional view taken along the line 12-42 of Fig. 11;

Fig. 13 is a perspective view of our hair cur-ling unit with modified base and winder;

Fig. 14 is a front elevational view of the modified hair curling unit shown in Fig. 13; r

Fig. 15 is a perspective view of a modified hair curling unit having a large opening in the base and a modified means for securing the elastic cordin the'base;

'Fig. 16 is a cross-sectional view of the hair curling unit of Fig. 15 taken along 'the line 16-46; and

Fig. 17 is a perspectiveview of a'modified winder'having-but asingle dependingmemb'er which serves as both a guide member and a retaining member.

Our hair curling unit comprises a flat base L a perforated shaft 2 mounted in the base 1 in an off-center position, and a 'wi'nder 3 having an aperture 3a through which the shaft 2. can project. The base 1 has a slotted opening 4 extending from the front of the base to approximately the middle thereof through which astrand of hair can be led to the shaft 2 about which the hair is wound. The end-of the slot 4 is preferably cut on an angle, as may be seen-in Fig. 12, so as to-incline the hair for winding'about the shaft 2.

The winder 3 has a semi-rigidguide member 5 depending fromone side of the finger-rotatable hub 6 anda retainer member 7 depending froman adjacent side of'the hub 6. The retainer member 7 is slottedto form-flexible fingers 8 which'can engage and retain'the hair adjacent to each'finger with each finger'moving semi-independently of each other. As shown in Fig. 1 the guidememb'e'r 5 and the'retainer member 7 are preferably joined along=a common edge but the retainer member 7 'is quite'cloSe-to or meets the shaft 2 whereas the i guide member 5 is located somewhat remote from the shaft 2 as maybe seen in'Figsj3 and 5. In normal position, the guide member 5 and the retainer member 7 are in parallel relationship with the shaft 2. I

An 'elastic'member'Thaving a catch 10 at its free end is anchored to one side 11 of the base 1 and is engaged at the other side 12 of the base 1 by means of a slot 13 and the catch 10 so as to securely hold the strand of hair projecting through the slot 4.

The shaft or post 2 is preferably perforated with a number of holes 14 which permit the ventilation of the hair and the penetration of the wave solution from the inside of the post 2. Preferably the guide member 5 is also perforated at 15 to permit thorough ventilation of the hair wound about the post 2.

After the hair has been washed or wetted in the usual manner, the hair curling unit is placed on the scalp 16 and a strand of hair 17 is led through the slot 4 in the base 1, as illustrated in Fig. 6. The elastic member 9 is then drawn through the slot 13 and caught by means of the catch 10 to thereby secure the strand of hair 17 at the base of the unit, as illustrated in Fig. 7. The aperture 3a of the winder 3 is then placed over the post 2, as shown in Fig. 7, and the hub 6 is grasped by the operators fingers and twisted so as to have the guide member 5 engage the strand of hair 17 and curl the hair about the post in reverse croquignole style, as illustrated in Figs. 8, 9 and 10, so that the hair is overlapped and not merely spiralled. After the strand of hair 17 is completely wound about the post 2, the cold wave solution is applied to the hair for the necessary period of time and the winder 3 is then withdrawn from the post 2, the elastic member 9 is released from the slot 13 and the strand of hair 17 can then readily be removed from the post or shaft by the operator.

To provide for even tension throughout the length of the wound hair, tension members 8 move outwardly so that'the hair at the uppermost part of the retainer member 7 is under approximately the same tension as the hair at the lower portion.

As may be seen by comparing Figs. 2 and 5, the retainer member 7 has little or no clearance with the post 2 prior to the winding of the hair about the post. However, the guide member has a substantial clearance with the post 2 so that as a matter of practice the guide memher 5 does not usually bias the hair on the post 2 except when the strand of hair 17 is thick. With modern cold waving procedures the hair is shrunken by the cold wave solution to produce the waving effect. Thus, the hair cannot be Wound too tightly or the application of the cold wave solution will not be effective inasmuch as the hair would not be able to shrink properly.

The modified hair curler illustrated in Figs. 13 and 14 has a circular hub 20 on the winder 21, a circular base 22 and a tapered shaft 23. When the hair strands are short, the hair tends to become more heavily Wrapped about the bottom of the shaft and the tapered form of shaft helps to provide for such condition without undue stress on the flexible fingers 8. Likewise the hook 25 at the top of the inclined edge 24 of the guide member tends to keep the ends of the hair on the inclined edge 24 and away from the operators fingers.

The modified hair curler illustrated in Figs. 15 and 16 provides a wide access slot 32 in the base and modified slot 33 for engaging the end of the elastic member 34.

The modified winder illustrated in Fig. 17 has a single depending member 26 one edge 27 of which functions as a guide member and the other edge 29 of which is slotted as at 30 to provide flexible fingers 31 to act as a retaining member. The guide edge 27 is relatively remote from the aperture 28 whereas the retainer edge 29 is relatively close to the aperture 28 in the hub. Thus, the guide edge 27 will not normally bias the curled hair against the shaft.

Having described our invention, we claim:

' 1. A hair curling unit comprising a slotted base, a perforated hollow shaft mounted in said base in an offcenter position, and a finger-rotatable winder mountable and rotatable on said shaft, said winder having a flexible member and a semi-rigid member depending therefrom in parallel relationship to said shaft, the semirigid member being adapted to engage and wind the hair about the shaft and flexible member being adapted to bias the hair against said shaft, and a resilient member anchored in said base and adapted to hold the hair within the slot of said base, said resilient member being permanently secured to one side of the slot, said resilient member having secured thereto a lock member, said base having a groove receiving a portion of said resilient member for preventing the passage of said lock member in the opening direction.

2. A hair curling uint comprising an arbor having a slotted base and a shaft mounted in said base, and a winder having a member depending therefrom and spaced from said shaft for guiding the hair about and biasing the hair against said shaft, said winder being detachable from said shaft, the depending member having a pair of edge portions spaced from said shaft, one of said edge portions having a plurality of slots cut therein to form flexible fingers for biasing the hair against the shaft,

3. A hair curling unit comprising an arbor having a slotted base anda shaft mounted in said base, and a winder having a member depending therefrom and spaced from said shaft for guiding the hair about and biasing the hair against said shaft, said winder being detachable from said shaft, the depending member hav ing a pair of edge portions spaced from said shaft, one of said edge portions having a plurality of slots cut therei to form flexible fingers for biasing the hair against the shaft, the slotted portion being located closer to said shaft than the other of said portions, the more remote portion being adapted to guide the hair about the shaft, the more remote portion being of varying width and having its greatest width adjacent said base, and the more remote edge portion having a hook adjacent its smallest width and its smallest width adjacent said winder.

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